The North Eastern Railway (NER), unlike many other of the pre-Grouping companies, had a relatively compact territory, having the district it covered to itself. That district extended through Yorkshire, Durham and Northumberland, with outposts in Westmorland and Cumberland. It formed the middle link between London and Edinburgh, joining the Great Northern Railway near Doncaster and the North British Railway at Berwick-upon-Tweed. Incorporation took place in 1854, when three existing companies were combined. The White Yorkshire rose. ... Durham (IPA: locally, in RP) is a small city in the north east of England. ... For other places with this name, see Northumberland (disambiguation) Northumberland is a traditional, ceremonial and administrative county in northern England. ... Westmorland is one of the 39 traditional counties of England. ... Cumberland is one of the 39 traditional counties of England. ... London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Edinburghs location in Scotland Edinburgh viewed from Arthurs Seat. ... The Great Northern Railway (GNR) was a British railway company, founded by the London & York Railway Act of 1846. ... Map sources for Doncaster at grid reference SE5702 Doncaster is a town in South Yorkshire, (and in the former West Riding of Yorkshire), England which has been recognised nationally as an emerging regional city . ... The North British Railway was a Scottish railway company that was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway at the grouping in 1923. ... Map sources for Berwick-upon-Tweed at grid reference NT9952 Berwick-upon-Tweed from across the river Berwick-upon-Tweed, (pronounced Berrick) situated in the county of Northumberland, is the northernmost town in England, situated on the east coast on the mouth of the river Tweed. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Constituent parts of the NER

1854

• York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway
• York and North Midland Railway
• Leeds Northern Railway

1862

• York and North Midland Railway
• South Durham and Lancashire Railway

1863

• Stockton and Darlington Railway

1865 The Stockton and Darlington railway (S&DR), which opened in 1825, was the first railway to use steam locomotives and carry passengers. ...

• West Hartlepool Railway

Principal stations

• York station (York) was the hub of the system, and the headquarters of the line was located here. The basis for the present station was opened on June 25 1877. Until the advent of modern signalling, the 295-lever box was the largest manually-worked signal box in Britain.

• Newcastle Central station (Newcastle), opened August 29 1850, became the largest on the NER.

Other principal stations were located at Sunderland, Darlington and Hull. The station at Leeds was a joint undertaking with the London and North Western Railway. The approach to York station and the Royal York hotel York railway station is a main-line railway station in the historic city of York. ... York is a city in northern England, at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ... Newcastle Central Station Newcastle Central Station is the principal railway station in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. ... This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ... Map sources for Sunderland at grid reference NZ3957 Sunderland is an industrial city and port in the English metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear. ... Darlington is an industrial town in the north-east of England. ... Hull or Kingston upon Hull is a British city situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary. ... Leeds Coat Of Arms Map sources for Leeds at grid reference SE297338 Leeds is a city in the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds in the West Riding of Yorkshire in the north of England. ... The London and North Western Railway (LNWR) was formed in 1846 by the merger of three railway companies - the Grand Junction Railway, London and Birmingham and Manchester and Birmingham. ...

Electrified lines

The NER was the first main line rail company in Britain to adopt electric traction (the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway followed about one week later). The lines converted were: The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway was a pre-grouping (1923) British railway company. ...

• Newcastle Central via Wallsend and Whitley Bay to Gosforth
• Newcastle Central to Benton
• the Riverside Loop from Byker to Percy Main

NB Further extensions were carried out in 1938 by the London and North Eastern Railway Wallsend is a town on the north bank of the River Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. ... Map sources for Whitley Bay at grid reference NZ3572 Whitley Bay is a town in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England. ... Benton is the name of a number of places: United Kingdom Benton, Devon, England United States of America Thomas Hart Benton (senator) Benton, Alabama Benton, Arkansas Benton, Illinois Benton, Iowa Benton, Louisiana Benton, Kansas Benton, Kentucky Benton, Louisiana Benton, Maine Benton, Missouri Benton, New Hampshire Benton, New York Benton, Pennsylvania... Byker is an inner city area in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne in Tyne and Wear, England. ... The London and North Eastern Railway or LNER was the second-largest of the Big Four railway companies created by the Railways Act 1921 in Britain. ...

Traffic

The NER carried a larger tonnage of mineral and coal traffic than any other principal railway.

Docks

The company owned the following docks:

• Hull Docks: acquired 1893. Dealt with a large variety of cargoes, including grain, seed and fruit
• Hartlepool Docks: acquired 1865. A large timber trade
• Tyne Dock: opened by NER in 1859. Timber and coal exports
• Middlesbrough Dock: Opened in 1842. Iron and steel exports; and a world-wide trade in other goods.

The NER also owned coal-shipping staithes at Blyth and Dunston-on-Tyne. Hartlepool (pronounced HART-le-pool) is a North Sea port in North East England. ... Map sources for Middlesbrough at grid reference NZ5118 Middlesbrough is a town and district in North-East England, with a resident population in 2001 of 134,855. ... A wharf (plural wharfs, or (especially in American English) wharves, collectively wharfing or wharfage) is a fixed platform, commonly on pilings, roughly parallel to and alongside navigable water, where ships are loaded and unloaded. ... Blyth is a town in the district of Blyth Valley, Northumberland, England, lying to the south of the River Blyth. ... Dunston Power Station, 1971 Dunston was originally an independent village and is now an area of Gateshead in the United Kingdom. ...

Locomotives

See NER 1001 Class Preserved 1275 in the National Railway Museum. ...

References used

• The Railway Year Book for 1912 (Railway Publishing Company)
• British Railway Electrics (Ian Allen, 1960 edition)
• The Railway Magazine February & March 1923 editions

External links

• Preserved Carriage Database